It is necessary to mark the greater from the lesser truth: namely the larger and more liberal idea of nature from the comparatively narrow and confined; namely that which addresses itself to the imagination from that which is solely addressed to the eye.


Quoted in: Eric Shanes (2012) The Life and Masterworks of J.M.W. Turner, p. 23


It is necessary to mark the greater from the lesser truth: namely the larger and more liberal idea of nature from the comparatively narrow and...

It is necessary to mark the greater from the lesser truth: namely the larger and more liberal idea of nature from the comparatively narrow and...

It is necessary to mark the greater from the lesser truth: namely the larger and more liberal idea of nature from the comparatively narrow and...

It is necessary to mark the greater from the lesser truth: namely the larger and more liberal idea of nature from the comparatively narrow and...